ALLEN, Alvin Thomas, Avoylles Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller
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A. T. Allen-Bunkie
A. T. Allen is the efficient depot agent at Bunkie, La, and like so many of
the energetic and enterprising residents of this section, he is a native born
resident of the State, his birth having occurred August 24, 1852, in the
Parish of Plaquemine, to A. D. and Mary A. (Neal) Allen, the former a native
of Buffalo, N. Y., and the latter of Louisiana. The paternal grandparents of
the subject of this sketch were Germans, and the maternal grandparents were
born in Liverpool, England. A. D. Allen was reared to manhood in York State,
and for many years was an ocean sailor, but at the time of his death, July 4,
1859, he was a branch pilot at the port of New Orleans. His demise occurred in
Liverpool, England, where he had gone for his health. His widow survives him,
and is a resident of the city of New Orleans. A. T. Allen was reared in the
Pelican State, and received his early knowledge of books in the public schools
of New Orleans, in which city he afterward learned telegraphy. He was an
operator in the Western Union office for a number of years, and then accepted
his present position in Bunkie, receiving an earnest petition so to do from
the people of this location. He has acted in capacity of depot agent since
1882, and at the present day there is not a business man in this section who
stands higher in the estimation of the people, or is more highly esteemed than
Mr. Allen. He is a man possessing many sterling characteristics, and is a
leader in many matters pertaining to the public good. Socially he is past high
priest of Evergreen Chapter No. 41 of Evergreen, La., and a member of
Evergreen Lodge No. 189, of the A. F. & A. M. His marriage, which took place
in the month of June, 1883, was to Miss Lily E. Pearce, a daughter of A. G.
Pearce, by whom he is the father of three bright and interesting little
daughters.